attuali macchine flexo o la personalizzazione off-line delle
etichette”, afferma Verryt. La risoluzione di stampa arriva a
1200 dpi per una velocità massima di 90 m/min.
machine, creating a sort of bridge before passing to digital, so flexo
machines will be more adequated to the needs of the future and will
make flexo printers more competitive”, concludes Verryt.
Paul Horton, Graphic Services Manager, Parkside Flexibles, presented
this English company that
prints and produces packaging solutions, recalling the
importance of color communication and its analysis, because “what is measurable is also controllable”, underlining the importance of scientific instruments for measuring color
in order to obtain a good
result. Parkside uses a color certification system, through which it shares the Paul Horton Parkside Flexibles
job data with other actors
involved in the production process.
EGP (Expanded Gamut Printing) was the very hot topic dealt by Kai
Lainiken, CEO of Marvaco. This Finnish company supplies plates and
is a leading prepress service in the Nordic countries: it produces
28,000 packaging artwork with 90 operators in Finland and Sweden.
Marvaco believes in the enormous possibilities of printing with extended color gamut range, which, according to a market projection by
Esko Graphics (2015), will be used in 2020 to produce 50% of packaging. Marvaco can be considered a pioneer in the EGP, and tries to
increase its diffusion in Finland and internationally. “Marvaco Full HD
EGP Evolution is a plate production technology that allows you to print
high quality, efficient packaging and increase productivity without the
need for special colors, because with EGP the CMYK range is always
enriched with process inks - orange, green, violet - which double the
number of shades of color compared to the Pantone + color series.
This improves the definition of the images and the advantages are
obvious: there is no need to change inks and wash the machine, there
are fewer problems with starting up, you can save inks because there
is no need to mix special colors and you do not have to keep them in
stock, and above all the color will be always constant and equal, run
after run”. Even for designers there are advantages, since they do not
have to worry about the technical limits that are encountered with PMS
colors (Pantone Matching System), so they can be more creative and
use more colors.
“Of course, there is no valid solution to meet all needs, but Full HD EGP
Evolution is 1.3-2 times more efficient than the ‘traditional flexo spot’,
is cheaper and more environmentally friendly, perfect for short and
long runs and ensures excellent quality “, concluded Laikinen. A tangible proof of this quality are the numerous awards won by Marvaco’s
customers at the recent FlexoTech awards.
Tim Claypole, Welsh Center for Printing and Coating, Swansea University,